tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:07:04 +0000http://airmiles-creditcard.com/noreply@blogger.com (Howard)Blogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-816949172390743974Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:21:00 +00002008-08-31T09:07:04.249-07:00gas credit cardcredit cardIt seems kind of excessive to hold a credit card thief on a million dollar bond, but apparently in the Covina, CA, a suspect was arrested for using stolen credit cards to purchase gas. Sisak Khudaverdyan, 28, of Glendale drove up to a filling station in a Ford Econoline Van and started pumping gas. At gas stations, there is a $100 per charge limit when buying gas, or roughly 25 gallons. If youhttp://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/08/credit-card-thief-held-on-one-million.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-5898641826625107978Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:12:00 +00002008-08-30T10:17:51.207-07:00cash backdiscovercredit cardCredit cards are unsecured lines of credit giving you flexible spending accounts. The Discover More Card gives you the flexibility of cash while saving you money on purchases. The best way to take advantage of the Discover More Card is to eliminate the fees and interest which Discover will charge you. Fees and interest payments will quickly diminish the 5% you earn towards every purchase. But http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/08/discover-more-card-tips-to-reduce-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-5646545899610143806Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:34:00 +00002008-08-11T08:09:32.413-07:00Even though I saved about $20 this month using my Discover Credit Card, I think any savings were diminished by the jump in inflation. Can you say ouch? Pinch me again. Ouch! Everything seems to be going higher and higher and even with a conscience decision to cut back on spending, we still managed to spend over $2000 last month; hence the 1% cash back savings of $20 from Discover. I managed http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/08/july-2008-discover-saved-me-1927.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-2169380833668113328Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-06-20T07:05:16.602-07:00cash backsave moneymerchant feescredit cardSeveral Gas Station Owners have been hit hard by the rising gas prices, but not where you would expect. Credit card fees are eating into their profits and they're beginning to accept cash only. This is how it works... Credit card companies make it on both ends of the sale. First they collect merchant fees for every sale and then they collect interest on consumers who don't pay off their http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/06/using-credit-cards-hurt-gas-station.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-4045921163288098608Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:46:00 +00002008-06-11T09:26:12.663-07:00credit card balancebudgetingcredit cardJennifer Levitz wrote an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal about credit card addiction. She presented a view where consumers were overextending their credit cards to meet compulsive spending habits. I would argue that the true addiction is not the credit cards but is actually an addiction to shopping. While it’s not difficult to understand her point of view, overspending, not http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/06/are-you-addicted-to-credit-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-1444686670061190612Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:23:00 +00002008-06-10T09:27:37.621-07:00united airlinesalaska airlinescredit cardamerican expressMy wife received a really good credit card offer from American Express today. The Blue Sky is cash back rewards card where you accumulate one bonus point for each dollar you spend. After you spend your first $500, American Express gives you 7,500 bonus points. This is equivalent to $100 off any airline ticket, hotel stay, and car rental or travel package. You must redeem the bonus points in http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/06/heres-another-way-to-save-with-credit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-5954753180811336085Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:06:00 +00002008-06-07T11:09:53.928-07:00alaska airlinesfrequent flyercredit cardalaskaAlaska Air ranks up there as one of my all time favorite airline carriers. Considering that I’ve racked up over 100,000 frequently flyer miles, my guess is that I’ve flown Alaska more than 50 times. Despite the frequency, it takes a long time to accumulate miles since they pretty much dominate the LA/Seattle market and those are 2,000 round-trip miles. Since it takes 20,000 miles to get a http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/06/alaska-air-my-favorite-airline-but-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-9191536440929112765Sat, 24 May 2008 18:58:00 +00002008-05-24T12:12:57.529-07:00It was a big month for using my American Express Card. I saved a whopping $0.13. You read that right, thirteen cents. It doesn’t cover the postage for paying off the bill, but it does pay for the one cent postage increase this month. Since I pay off my bill scheduling ACH debits, I don’t worry about postage increases. I pretty much use my American Express Card when I shop at Costco since http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/05/may-2008-american-express-saved-me-013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-123583876996732582Sat, 24 May 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-05-24T06:41:22.603-07:00save moneydiscoverOne of the common themes in saving money by using credit cards is the cash back you get each month just by shopping. We pretty much use Discover to cover our expenses for the month and highly recommend the card. Now I don’t go out and charge my card up to its limit, but pay off the balance each month to avoid the daily period rates credit card companies charge you. Also, remember to pay it http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/05/may-2008-my-discover-card-paid-me-1415.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-5689722707501332023Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:00 +00002008-05-15T08:16:18.327-07:00save moneydiscoverI received my new Discover Card in the mail last week. Since I still had a month remaining before the old card expired, I set it aside until I had some time to call in to get it activated. Normally you call the activation number on the sticker pasted on your credit card and enter your number and you’re all set. But this time, instead of a pre-recorded message, I got a live person. “Hi, this http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/05/discover-card-saved-me-over-4000.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390555902205129069.post-6095383569450856901Thu, 15 May 2008 05:41:00 +00002008-05-15T07:58:20.467-07:00Hi, and welcome to Save Money Using Credit Cards. If you're like me, you probably get several credit card offers every week. I would like to share with you a few tips on how I actually save money, get free travel and best of all get paid for using my Discover, Visa and American Express. First of all, I don't expect that you're going to save as much money as I have over the years. Perhaps http://airmiles-creditcard.com/2008/05/welcome-to-save-money-using-credit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Howard)